A good website also requires good hosting. But what exactly is hosting? What costs can I expect? And what should you pay attention to when choosing a web hosting agency?
In this blog, we explain it to you!
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What is web hosting?
Web hosting is, so to speak, a repository in which your website's data is stored. From texts and images to videos. The better the hosting, the faster, safer and more reliable your website becomes. The price you pay for a hosting package often indicates approximately what you can expect from it.
Do you choose to buy cheap hosting, but have an online shop with many visitors? Then it is wise to choose a special online shop hosting package. It is better equipped for the higher number of visitors your online shop has.
What does a hosting package have to offer?
A hosting package offers several options:
- Website
The most well-known service web hosting offers is hosting your website. So offering storage space where your website resides.
A database is a digital repository. All data collected from a website or web application can be accessed from here. For example, customer data, products and prices.
Each hosting package comes with at least one e-mail account. So you get an e-mail address plus storage space. The name of your e-mail address behind the hyphen is the same as the domain name of your website.
A good hosting service also has a good backup function. If something goes wrong on the server, previously stored data can always be retrieved.
Technically, registering your domain name is separate from web hosting. You can register a domain name without hosting, but then you won't be able to run a website on it. Also, no e-mail address is available without hosting.
- FTP access
FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and is a system that makes exchanging files between computers easier.
When someone enters your website name in the browser, it needs to see which server the website is on, and when someone sends you an e-mail, it needs to see which server the e-mail address is coming from. A DNS server makes this possible.
What should you pay attention to when choosing web hosting?
A good hosting provider offers different packages. The bigger the package is, the more data traffic is included. You then get more e-mail accounts and hard disk space. When you go to choose how big your hosting package should be, it is wise to first check how much data consumption your website needs and how much disk space you should have.
In addition, you can take into account the growth of your website or online shop. Are you planning to add more products to your online shop quickly? Then it is smart to opt for a scalable package. Do you find this difficult? No worries! A good hosting party can help you determine a suitable hosting package.
- Disk space
Hard disk space is the number of mb's you have in storage. All your website's files are stored here. This contains database data and e-mail address data that have not yet been downloaded. Make sure you have enough disk space, because if the disk is full, you won't be able to store anything and receive emails.
- Data traffic
This is the amount of traffic exchanged between the server hosting your website and a website visitor's computer. The more visitors your website gets, the more data traffic will take place between your server and their computers. Large files like videos and images that are on your website can also cause you to have more data traffic. A hosting package includes a certain amount of data traffic. So you need to check how much data traffic you think you need, depending on your website and the number of visitors. There are also functionalities, such as setting up a staging environment, in which you can perform various tests.
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Hosting at Monkey Vision
Monkey vision specialises in managed WordPress hosting. We understand that a good hosting provider is super important. That's why we are always there for you. Monkey Vision offers:
- WordPress web hosting on the Google network: good for you findability!
- Your website or shop and network are extremely well secured
- Are you growing? We grow with you
- We are always there for you: 24/7, 365 days a year
We offer three different hosting packages. For small, medium-sized and large websites. So there is definitely something for your website. Take contact on!
